Students will have the chance to see a tiger up close while learning of ways to protect the environment.
Ball State University will celebrate the 27th anniversary of Earth Day on University Green with large cats, native fish and environmental information. "Earth Day On the Green" is sponsored by the Natural Resources Club with assistance from the Student Physics Society, The Wildlife Society and The American Fisheries Society.
Governmental, private and non-profit organizations will have educational displays at the event. Some displays will be geared toward elementary children who have been invited to the event, Tom Reeve, co-president for the Natural Resources Club, said.
This event will end a week of activities the Natural Resources Club hosted in honor of Earth Day, which is Sunday. Other events included a film about the life and death of the electric car, a presentation about the history of the White River and a video teleconference with John Barry, co-leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland.
During the teleconference, "Political Leadership, Climate Change, and the Transition to a Post-Carbon Society," Barry said something that stuck out to Hugh Brown, co-advisor for the Natural Resources Club.
"Barry said if everyone in the world lived the way U.S. does, we would need five planets to sustain it all," Brown said.
Reeve said the Natural Resources Club made it a goal this academic year to increase the awareness on natural resources.
"Awareness is a key in creating a better environment," he said. "If we stress the importance of the conservation of energy and ways to reduce energy consumption, then our environment will be safer."
Dava McCann, co-president for the Natural Resources Club, said the best way to promote awareness is on a local level.
"It is a lot easier to talk about protecting the environment and making it safer by taking someone out to Christy Woods and showing them," McCann said.
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